I received an e-mail where I supposedly won a prize. They are telling me to give info; just name, address and phone no SSN or bank accounts. How do I make sure they won't take my personal info and if the website and email addresses they give me are legit?
Here's the website, check it out:
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do
2006-12-08 05:31:42 · 19 answers · asked by shorty17_83 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
The UK lottery is current spam going around Yahoo. I have gotten several notices that I have won different sums of money from the Irish and UK lottery. It is a scam. Sorry you didn't win any money. What they do is tell you they must courier the check to the US, but you must pay for the courier. Send them the money for the courier and bam you see nothing and they get off with your money.
2006-12-08 05:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by Slappin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regardless, they can still send other 3rd party websites/companies your info so they can just spam your e-mail with junk.
Disregard any e-mail like that. The only way you would really win something is if it was a legit contest you yourself had entered and have been awaiting an e-mail from that specific company or whoever was sponsoring the event.
2006-12-08 05:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a fake if you won something that you didn't enter contest for. you don't reconize the email address and especially any offers or prizes that require you to complete any kind of other offers. actual winning prizes are the ones you enter your self for. things you already know. and if that is the case then they would already have your info because you would have given it when entering.
2006-12-08 05:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mirage202001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you even ENTER a lottery? That's clue one right there.
Clue 2 is if it's an email.
Clue 3 is if it's anything asking for bank numbers.
2006-12-08 05:38:57 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that every e-mail that you receive that contains something like that sometimes(99% of the time) is fake. If you didn't remember to register it any site for it then it is 100% fake.
2006-12-08 06:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by hab_mas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of any conditions under which such an email would be real. Regard them all as fake, and save yourself being sorry later.
2006-12-08 05:46:17 · answer #6 · answered by BB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is fake
If you did not enter the contest, why would they give you money
Unsolicited "You Won" emails are ALWAYS fake
2006-12-08 05:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by jdm6235 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of those messages are fake. In fact, the sole purpose is to collect your personal data, so they can do malicious stuff.
2006-12-08 05:36:07 · answer #8 · answered by Charbo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one, you signed up to win the lottery, otherwise they are asking for your information, so you can be part of their prospects to encourage you to buy the lotto from them. If you didnt sign up, how could you win, also look for terms of service agreements, it says what happens to your personal information within.
2006-12-08 05:34:47 · answer #9 · answered by David S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody has this comparable question, this is one hundred% rip-off. Lotteries, drawings, and different a majority of those stuff do not exist on yahoo. somebody else is doing this to trick you into giving them money. record a criticism.
2016-12-13 05:16:16 · answer #10 · answered by mcgarr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋